Ubuntu Manpage: pvremove - Remove LVM label(s) from physical volume(s)

Provided by: lvm2_2.03.11-2.1ubuntu4_amd64

NAME

       pvremove - Remove LVM label(s) from physical volume(s)

SYNOPSIS

       pvremove position_args
           [ option_args ]

DESCRIPTION

       pvremove wipes the label on a device so that LVM will no longer recognise it as a PV.

       A PV cannot be removed from a VG while it is used by an active LV.

       Repeat  the  force  option  (-ff)  to  forcibly  remove  a PV belonging to an existing VG.
       Normally, vgreduce(8) should be used instead.

USAGE

       pvremove PV ...
           [ -f|--force ]
           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]

       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --lockopt String ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --nolocking ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]

OPTIONS

--commandprofile String
The command profile to use for command configuration. See lvm.conf(5) for more
information about profiles.

--config String
Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf settings. The String arg
uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may use section/field syntax. See lvm.conf(5)
for more information about config.

-d|--debug ...
Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent
to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).

--driverloaded y|n
If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper. For testing and
debugging.

-f|--force ...
Override various checks, confirmations and protections. Use with extreme caution.

-h|--help
Display help text.

--lockopt String
Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. See lvmlockd(8) for more
information.

--longhelp
Display long help text.

--nolocking
Disable locking.

--profile String
An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command.

-q|--quiet ...
Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose. Repeat once to
also suppress any prompts with answer 'no'.

--reportformat basic|json
Overrides current output format for reports which is defined globally by the
report/output_format setting in lvm.conf. basic is the original format with
columns and rows. If there is more than one report per command, each report is
prefixed with the report name for identification. json produces report output in
JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.

-t|--test
Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata. This is implemented by
disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling
function. This may lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a
tool relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.

-v|--verbose ...
Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent
to stdout and stderr.

--version
Display version information.

-y|--yes
Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use
with extreme caution. (For automatic no, see -qq.)

VARIABLES

       PV
              Physical Volume name, a device path under /dev.   For  commands  managing  physical
              extents,  a  PV  positional  arg  generally accepts a suffix indicating a range (or
              multiple ranges) of physical extents (PEs).  When  the  first  PE  is  omitted,  it
              defaults to the start of the device, and when the last PE is omitted it defaults to
              end.  Start and end  range  (inclusive):  PV[:PE-PE]...   Start  and  length  range
              (counting from 0): PV[:PE+PE]...

       String
              See the option description for information about the string content.

       Size[UNIT]
              Size  is  an  input  number  that accepts an optional unit.  Input units are always
              treated as base two values, regardless of capitalization, e.g.  'k'  and  'K'  both
              refer  to  1024.  The default input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.
              UNIT represents other possible input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.  b|B is bytes, s|S is
              sectors  of  512 bytes, k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P is PiB,
              e|E is EiB.  (This should not be confused with the output  control  --units,  where
              capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See  lvm(8)  for  information  about  environment  variables  used  by  lvm.  For example,
       LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.